SC - Re: Marzipan for Sotelties

[Elise Fleming]

Greetings.  Brandu wrote:

>The best Roses I made for a cake I made with marzipan!! (until I got
>into gum paste, which I do not believe to be period!) 
>
>Speaking of recipes, a while ago, a period recipe for "sugar paste" 
>was posted. Could someone reprise that one? I lost the original.

Yes, gum paste is period - late Tudor/Elizabethan, and probably earlier 
in Italy.

One comment on sculpting with marzipan - Keep in mind that it might 
also have been put over an armature, that not the entire thing would 
have been edible, especially if one is dealing with a large item.  
Mashing marzipan (catchy song title!) onto an armature would require 
less stiff marzipan.

Brandu - check Stefan's Florilegium files.  My sugar paste article with 
recipe should be there.

Alys Katharine

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